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ἐμπερι-λαμβάνω

emperilambano

encompass, enclose

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Where it lives

Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5 · 0.47/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Enneads 4 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ἐμπερι-λαμβάνω · emperi-lambanō — LSJ

encompass, enclose, comprehend, is involved

encompass, enclose, Hp. Ep. 23, Thphr. CP 5.3.4; ὕδωρ ἐρύμασι Plu. Ant. 63; τῇ αὑτοῦ οἰκίᾳ ψιλοὺς τόπους Sammelb. 5233.7 (i A.D.); ὄρος J. BJ 3.7.7; comprehend, ἑνὶ ὀνόματι [ἄμφω] Arist. PA 644a12; ψήφισμα πάσας ἐ. τὰς ἀρετάς τινος Inscr.Prien. 105.27 (i B.C.):—Pass., Arist. Mete. 388b21; ἐμπεριείληπται ὁ διαβάλλων is involved in the charge, Id. Rh. 1416a20; τύποις -ειλημμένα Epicur. Ep. 1p.22U.; ὑπὸ τοῦ κόσμου ib. 2p.38U.

In the wild

ἐμπεριείληπται · emperieilēptai Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ἐμπεριλαμβάνονται · emperilambanontai Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ἐμπεριελήφθη · emperielēphthē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8994)
ἐμπεριελαμβάνετο · emperielambaneto Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9047)
ἐμπεριλαβεῖν · emperilabein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8837)
ἐμπεριειλημμένα · emperieilēmmena Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8974)

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